Cattle-stanchion.



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CATTLE-STANCHION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Uct. 4L, 1910.

Application :filed October 25, 1909. Serial No. 524,482.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVALTER H. FLEWELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mountain Home, in the county of Elmore and State of Idaho,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cattle- Stanchions,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements incattle stanchions.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a cattle stanchion soconstructed that the stanchions may be held in a yielding open position,permitting the animal to readily insert its head, a simply constructedlatch mechanism being carried by said stanchion to hold the same inclosed position.

A further object is to provide a stanchion having a latching mechanismactuated by the weight of the stanchion bars to hold said bars in lockedposition.

Vith the above and other objects in view, the present invention consistsin the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morefully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, itbeing understood that changes in the specific structure shown anddescribed may be made within the scope of the claims without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 shows a front elevation of the stanchion in a closed position,Fig. 2 shows a top view of one of the stanchions with portions removed.Fig. 3 shows an end view of the lower connection. Fig. t is a viewsimilar to Fig. 1 showing the stanchion in open position, Fig. 5 is avertical section therethrough, on the line 5 5, shown in Fig. 1. l

The aim of my invention is to provide a cattle stanchion which will besimple of construction, durable and positive of operation and withinwhich the animal may be comfortably confined.

In the drawings the numeral 5 designates a manger and 6 the upper edgeof the manger carrying the bolt 7, to which is pivotally secured theU-shaped bar 8, which carries the ring 9.

Secured to a suitable beam 10 located above the manger rail 6, is theshackle bolt 12, held by the nuts 18. This bolt 12 carries the ring 14which ring in turn loosely carries the curved yoke 15, the ends 16 ofwhich are curved to form suitable eyes engaging the supporting bolts 17.Held to these bolts 17, are the supporting bars 18 secured in parallelspaced relation and near their ends these supporting bars carry thebolts 20. The bolts 20 in turn, give pivotal support to the curved lowerends 22 of the approximately L-shaped latch plates 25, which are wideenough so that they will rest upon the upper edges of the supportingbars 18. Passing through suitable apertures within the latch plate 25,are the two similar connecting rods 27, having their lower ends hookedwhile the upper ends are threaded and carry the adjusting nuts 2G.

In connection with my stanchion, I use two similar J-shaped stanchionrods 28, the curved lower ends 29 being iiattened and having aperturesto carry the bolt 30, which bolt in turn supports the clevis 31,carrying the ring 9 as clearly disclosed in Fig. 8. At a suitable pointnear their upper ends, each stanchion bar has an opening 33 within whichis held the lower hooked end 21 of one of the connecting rods, the upperends of these stanchion bars 28 being iattened and slidably held betweenthe support-ing bars 18, as shown in Fig. 1.

Each latch plate is provided with an opening through which extends anoperating strand 37, this strand connecting the two latch plates.Extending midway from this connecting strand 37 is the operating strand38, passing over the sheaves 40 to a suitable point. This operatingstrand is provided with a handle 42 conveniently placed.

In the open position of the stanchion, the upper end 35 rests below theshackle plates 25, the shackles being carried by the connecting rodswhich rods in turn are carried by the latch plates. In this openposition the animal can readily insert its head between the stanchionbars 28. In order to lock the stanchion, the operator carries the bars28 upward so that they will travel inward and be stopped by the curvedends of the yoke 15, in which position the latch plates will drop behindthe squared ends 85 of the stanchion bars, as shown in Fig. 1, upon oneside. From the foregoing it will be noted that the connecting rods 27,which are carried by the latch plates limit the downward movement of thestanchion bars, while the yoke limits the lateral movement of thestanchion bars in one direction and the latch plate the lateral movementin an opposite direction. By this means I form a gravity actuated latchin that the pendent stanchion bars by virtue of their weight are held inworking engagement against the latch plates.

The ring 9 is of such a size, that the stanchion is permitted a swingingmovement near the lower end. The upward movement of the stanchion iscontrolled by the clevis ring 9.

My cattle stanchion can be readily introduced in any cow shed or cattlebarn and forms a durable and comparatively inexpensive device.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is :d

l. The combination with a movably held yoke, of two bars secured to saidyoke in parallel spaced relation, of latches pivotally secured betweenthe ends of said bars, two pivotally connected stanchion bars havingtheir upper ends slidably held between said parallel bars, a connectingrod extending from each stanchion bar, and means to adjustably securesaid connecting rods to said latches.

2. The combination with a manger, of two parallel held bars, of a yokecentrally posi tioned between said bars, latches secured between theends of said bars and being directed toward one another, connecting rodsadjustably secured to said latches, two pivotally connected stanchionbars held between said bars, said yoke limiting the movement ot saidstanchion bars in one direction andV said latches the movement in anopposite direction, said stanchion bars being carried by saidconnect-ing rods, and means to loosely connect the lower ends of saidstanchion bars to the manger.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

'WALTER H. FLEWELL. IVitnesses WV. L. HARVEY, ANNA D. HARVEY.

